Tender Summary

Integrated MSK Service - South & West Hertfordshire place

Buying Organisation

Attain

Contract Value

£35,000,000

Suitable for SMEs

Yes

Suitable for VCSEs

Yes

Tender Description

This purpose of this notice is to invite suitably qualified providers to submit offers to deliver Integrated MSK Services within South & West Hertfordshire.

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) was established on 1st July 2022 and serves a population of approximately 1.6m. The Authority works closely with its system partners to improve the health and wellbeing of our local communities. Services can be commissioned at 'place' level or across the wider ICB. The service will be commissioned across South and West Hertfordshire place (previously the area covered by Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group).

The community iMSK service aims to improve, support, manage and coordinate MSK needs and conditions delivered across primary and community care, but with access to expertise in secondary care for advice, collaboration and onward referral when required.

The objectives of the proposed service are:

- Provide a General Practice-based Service (wherever the General Practice estate allows), directly accessible to GPs in their practices.
- Improve the MSK health of the South and West Herts population by delivering support and education events.
- Promote prevention of MSK conditions, self-care/management, and support both patients and clinicians to make an informed decision in respect of treatment options.
- Measurably improve:

o Patient outcomes - for non-surgical interventions.
o Patient experience.
o Shared Decision Making.
o Self-care.

The full scope of services can be found within the specification contained within the Invitation to Tender pack within the named eTendering Portal.

The value contained within this Notice is the aggregate value which is inclusive of all potential options and extensions.

The value of the contract being offered for the scope of services identified within the initial tender for the 5-year contract period is £25,000,000 (excluding VAT). This is the value by which the price evaluation will be undertaken. (The aggregate value of the contract (including extensions) is £35,000,000 (excluding VAT).

Tender categories (products & services required)

Health services (CPV 85100000)

Region

East (UKH)

Buyer Information